Andalucia (Adapted From Asturias By Isaac Albinez) - Ricky King And The Festival Concierto Madrid*

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The work that most convincingly represents this synthesis of virtuosity and tradition is the enchantingly colorful and atmospheric Iberia, a suite of 12 pieces recalling Spanish particularly Andalusian places and dances. Back in Spain within a year, he gave a concert tour and eventually entered the Madrid Conservatory. He soon ran away, concertized around Spain, and in stowed away on a ship sailing for Latin America. Upon his return to Europe the following year, he entered the Leipzig Conservatory, where he briefly studied with Carl Reinecke.

Soon thereafter, a patron enabled him to enter Brussels Conservatory to study piano and composition. After more wandering through Europe and South America, he settled in Barcelona inmarried, and began a family. Aroundhe met Felipe Pedrella prominent musicologist, composer, and collector of folk songs.

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"Asturias" is work by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz and is best known in its transcription for guitar. But Stevens, instead of using one of the many guitar editions, used the original piano piece from Cantos de Espana Op.

Born in , Isaac Albéniz is best known for piano music that brilliantly evokes the spirit of Spain. As a composer-virtuoso, Albéniz successfully melded together composition and performance to create a bravura style reminiscent of the music of Liszt, seasoned with Spanish folk idioms.

COMPOSER(S): Isaac Albéniz ARRANGER(S): Victor López Description: This transcription of Asturias from Issac Albéniz’s Suite Española, Op. 47 brings new life to the work originally composed for piano and is brilliantly colored, filled with suggestive harmonies and complex textures, and richly evocative.